Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-30
CUR TABLE TALK.

TIL ATLANTIC observation-disclosures Milf
lin & Co., Boston. Yearly subscription, 81 90
In CHANGING over the table of contents
of the February number it is not str nge
that the eye of the sitter at the "BoOk
Table" should tasten on the second arti-
Gle, "Fwo serious Books" q review by
| Harriet Waters Preston, OF the efforts Of
two authors on the much discussed topic,
evolution. The books thus treated are
Vernon Lee, and W. S. Lily's Chapters in
European History. A well written
crltique is a rare achievement, and al
though this is fair enough it lacks a can
did expression of condemnation or APP
proval on the part of the critic. That
positiyism which eliminates from na-
ture the declaration Of the glory of God,
and that evolutionist who finds in the
Il Iman church the sole guardian of
spiritual and political free dom, GROWING
the sixteenth century as one OF the
most glorious and truly gainful periods
in the annuls of history, charging Protes-
tantism with all the evils of the days OF
Louis NV. and OF the French revolutions,
demands an unequivocal aCqulescence or
dissent on the part of one who sits in
Judgment. To the majority # readers
these discussions are only wearisome, and
they sigh for those days when views
transmitted from sire to son were undis-
puted possessions.
"Credidimus J0ven Rsenare, "a poem by
James Russell Lowell, published in this
number, gives hope to fainting hearts that
after all theories are spun. Dame Nature,
ever kind, may furnish means to unlock
the great mystery frcm whence we came,
and whittier We are tending. A pretty
Lesson for the waiting is taught by
Whittier in a short poem, ga Day."
that is November day, when, "not
disconsoiate we in patience wait the leaf
and blossom of G1d-given spring"
An interesting sketch of FennimOre
Cooper, under the title IF A Glance Back
ward, is pleasant reading for those who
cherish the memory of Leather Stocking
aud his other successful r0manCes.
With no fear of yielding fulsOme praise,
it can be said of this number, as of its
predecessors, it is an ever recurring
pleasure IN its monthly visitations.
SCRIBNER'S Observation-Disclosures Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York. subscription
price, 81 year.
1t has grown to be quite custom in
the schools to have class picture formed
of the different members of the various
classes. The first article of the February
nun er of SCribner's, "The Likeness Of
julius Caesar" is illustrated by fine cop
les OF all he known busts of this great
Roman leader. The knowledge of these
c.ass pictures suggested the thought,
could such picture be formed from
these, would not the likeness be more &C
curate? In each the marEed features are
the same, in all is the same prOtruding
short chin, and the two deep burrows
across the brow, with the squareness of
the lower jaw, which indicates q
strength of purpose sufficient to
carry out the wonderful conceptions of
so grand head. To look upon these va
riouS presentments is q resume of his
wonderful life, aud it is a great privilege
for those who have learned him through
his works to be thus enabled to fix the
personnel of so great man.
The "Sege OF Paris grows in interest
as the trial, gather. The author gives US
the menu of his Christmas dinner on the
ninety ninth day the siege, 1870. The
selections from his" diary show how the
gloom thickenS in his own heart as the
sufferings of the people increase. This
article concludes sby the entrance of the
Prussians. With no attempt at fine writ
ing the scenes are SO faithfully delineated
that the reader feels, though not g yerit
able participant, the effect to be pano-
ramiC.
TIE marvel is that for % cents so much
that is valuable can be collected in q sim
gle number and sold prcftAbly.